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Why Customers Choose Hikari
RESEARCH
We feel it's our duty to constantly investigate the natural ecology of fish to make the best food for them. Our exploration to Irian Jaya, Lake Malawi in Africa, Guiana highland, the Indian Ocean, the jungle of Southeast Asia and the Holy River Ayeyawady and others, offer us many secrets to fish health, coloration, breeding requirements, water conditions and quality.
SPECIES SPECIFIC DIETS
Hikari offers a wide variety of diets for different species of fish, each offering unique characteristics which enable it to be readily accepted by the specific fish it was developed for, which is where Species Specific originated. This attention to detail allows you to be confident your choice will be quickly devoured by even the most finicky eaters.
TECHNOLOGY
Our first hand experience breeding and raising fish, and the scientific data we can collect during this process, give us a clear road map for future product improvements and enhancements. Hikari uses actual experience and physical practice instead of marketing schemes or unproven theory to develop our premium aquatic diets!
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STEPHEN
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2025
Great quality always and the fish love them. Mess the water up a little but not as bad as some. Great for larger cichlids.
Jason Barber
Reviewed in Canada on March 12, 2024
Fish loves tbem
Andrew
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 5, 2024
Hikari food is probably the best aquarium fishAnd pond food available worldwide,Obviously I’m biased having used it for over 30 years and the rest
colin kenny
Reviewed in Canada on April 15, 2024
Slow sinking so less food makes it to the bottom, Oscars and the other cichlids are satisfied
Al
Reviewed in Canada on November 19, 2023
My severums love it
Junaid
Reviewed in India on February 22, 2022
best food for American Cichlids
Mohiuddin Ansari
Reviewed in India on June 26, 2021
I'm feeding this food from last 3years now and fishes loves it so much. The prices fluctuate everytime
Sylvi
Reviewed in Canada on June 10, 2021
Very happy with this food. My bichirs love it. I'm so glad I can order the 12 oz package vs the 3.5 oz. Lasts much longer
Aaron
Reviewed in Canada on February 28, 2020
I bought these to feed my peacock bass and they are slowly starting to eat them. It's a new food to them but I see them adapting and eating more as days go on. They sink as described and I have been using hikari pellets for a while with some of my other fish and would recommend this.
Susu
Reviewed in Germany on August 6, 2019
Meine Cichliden( maskaheros) , lieben es, da es singt bleiben bei der Fütterung das hochspringen aus und somit unerwünschte Wasserlachen ums Aquarium, füttere Hikari schon Jahrzehnte, bin Überzeugt von diesem Produkt, sehr gut verträglich, Sparsam da alles sofort gefressen wird, Wasser somit nicht über Gebühr belastet, tut euren Fischen was gutesKlare Empfehlung!
Rob
Reviewed in Canada on February 23, 2018
I bought these as something of an impulse purchase and was very happy. We have a tank with several Blood Parrots and a few Oscar Cichlids, they've always been healthy eaters, but they seem to really love this food. Pellets are a great size, don't disintegrate quickly, sink nicely, and don't appear to be clouding the water at all. Price is at least competitive with what I've found for similar food at the local petstore's, considering the size of the bag, I'd say it's a bit of a saving.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on July 28, 2017
HUGE bag! They sink properly and don't disintegrate too quick which is nice. Doesn't seem to cloud water and my fish and snails LOVE them!
AllGoodNamesRGone
Reviewed in Canada on May 25, 2016
My cichlids love these. I have been using them for a while now and the fish prefer these over the spectrum pellets.... I am assuming this is because they are more filling for them. The pellets are the size of green peas. You get a whole ton of them for the price.... its a BIG BAG! The photo is next to a large container of spectrum. My fish were already very colourful before feeding these but I haven't noticed any colour change after 2 months.
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